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CURTAIN FOB BEBTHS. LPPLIUATION FILED JAN. 22. 1910.

Patented 'oct'. 18, 191.0.

gelgggdel-Z- l q WITNESSES Attorney GEORGE T. CRANDELL, OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.

CURTAIN FOR BERTHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

Application filed January 22, 1910. Serial No. 539,526.

To all whom tt 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. CRANDELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtains for Berths, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtains for berths.

The curtains used now on Pullman., tourists and other cars are joined together at the middle of the berths by buttons, which arrangement is more or less unsatisfactory, incident to the fact that many people are not accustomed to traveling and do no-t know how to button and unbutton them, and also because the button holes soon become worn and torn, necessitating constant repairs.

It is therefore one object of my invention to obviate the use of the button and button hole arrangement for fastening the curtains together, as practiced at the present time.

Another object is to provide a fastening for the curtains which may be operated readily and easily by the occupant of the berth and in such a manner as to insure against accidental unfastening, the common button and button hole arrangement being such that aside from the fact that the buttons are easily torn from the curtain, the button holes become worn and torn and will not have proper cooperation with the buttons to insure against accidental release of the fastening means.

lith the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, size and minor details, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings #Figure 1 is an elevation of a pair of curtains fastened together looking from the inside of the berth. Fig. 2 is a face view of the meeting faces of two cooperating curtains prior to beingfastened together. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line cfa. of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line o o of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a weight covered with canvas or other fabric.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, it will be first stated that any preferred, common or other means may be employed for suspending the curtains at the openings of the berths, and that any of the elements at present employed for holding the curtains in separated relatio-n may be employed in connection with my improved curtain fastening, the invention pertaining to the means for fastening the curtains together, irrespective of the method employed for mounting or operating the curtains, whether the curtains be enf tirely separated or whether they be fastened over a lower berth and separated at an upper berth.

The character 1 indicates a rod which is secured in any suitable manner in a Pullman, tourists, or other car (not shown) at a point generally along the upper portion of an upper berth, this rod being used to support the curtains 2 and 3, which latter are suspended from said rod through the instrumentality of rings, hooks or any other suitable elements 4. The meeting edges of the cooperating curtains 2 and 3 are overl lapped to provide folds 5 and 6, respectively,

there being an eyelet 7 fixedly secured in the body and the fold 5 of the curtain 2, adjacent to which eyelet is disposed a second eyelet 8, which latter, however, is not fixed in the body of the curtain but in the fold 5 only. Beneath the eyelet 8 and secured in the fold 5 only are two or more alining eyelets 9 and 10, the eyelets T to 10 of the curtain 2 being adapted for registration` respectively, with the eyelets 7', 8', 9 and 10 of the curtain 3, the latter eyelets being secured in the fold 6 only, and not in the body of the curtain 3 as is the case with regard to the eyelet. Y

The character 11 indicates buttons to each of which is connected a cord, rubber, or other element 12, these buttons being disposed against the outer face of the curtain 3, with their elements 12 passed through the body of the curtain 3 and also through the corresponding eyelets 7 to 10, inclusive, there being a weight 13 at the inner end o each of the elements 12. These weights may be covered with canvas or other fabric 14, as shown in Fig. 5, if desired.

To fasten the curtains 2 and 3 together, the corresponding weight 13 is passe through the eyelets 7 and 7, so that this particular weight is seen from the inside of the berth. The remaining weights 13 are passed through the remaining eyelets 8 to 10, respectively, and through the eyelets 8 to 10, respectively, of the curtain 2 and let down between the fold 5 and the body of the curtain 2, Where they are not seen either from the outside or the inside of the berth, whereby none of the weights are seen from the outside, while only one is seen from the inside of the berth.

If desired, all of the eyelets may be secured to the curtains as is the case with relation to the eyelet 7, so that all of the weights will be seen from the inside of the curtain. On the other hand, if preferred, none of the Weights 13 need be seen, either on the inside or the outside of the curtains, but instead, they may be all placed between the fold 5 and the curtain 2, when the curtains are fastened together. In any event, the weights 13, by virtue of their weight, have a tendency to draw the curtains tightly together at all times and insure against ac cidental separation of the curtains even in the event of breakage of one of the elements 12, which elements, however, in the event of breakage, are easily repaired at a minimum of cost, it being simply necessary t0 secure a cord or whatever element 12 that may be employed to the corresponding button 11 and the corresponding weight 13. The cords or other elements 12 are slidable through the curtains, as well as the eyelets.

From the foregoing it will be understood that I am not claiming in this particular application any peculiar means for suspending the curtains from the supporting rods or for holding the curtains in separated relation whether it be desired to close both berths or to have one berth closed and the other open, the essential features of my invention residing in my peculiar fastening means for securing the curtains together.

What is claimed is 1. A pair of curtains, each curtain having a plurality of eyelets in its meeting edge,

and weights secured to the meeting edge of one of the curtains and adapted to be passed through the eyelets of both curtains to detachably fasten the curtains together.

2. A pair of curtains, each having a fold at its meeting edge, eyelets in the meeting edges of the curtains, buttons disposed adjacent the outer face of one of the curtains, weights suspended from said buttons and adapted to be passed through the eyelets of both curtains to detachably fasten the curtains together, some of the weights being disposed within the fold of one of the curtains when the curtains are fastened together.

3. A pair of curtains each having openings in its meeting edge, and weights suspended from one of the curtains and adapted to be passed through the openings of both curtains to detachably fasten the curtains together.

4. A pair of curtains each having its meeting edge overlapped to provide a fold, each curtain having eyelets in its meeting edge, and weights suspended from one of the curtains and adapted to be passed through said eyelets to fasten the curtains together, the Weights being inserted between the fold of one of the curtains when the curtains are fastened together.

5. A pair of curtains whose meeting edges are provided with openings, and weights suspended from one of the curtains and passed through said openings to detachably fasten the curtains together.

6. A pair of curtains each having an opening, and a weight suspended from one of the curtains and adapted to pass through said o-penings t0 fasten the curtains together.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE T. CRANDELL.

Vitnesses:

FRANK E. CARROLL, CHAs N. MULLEN.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 973,006, granted October 18, 1910,

upon the application of George T. Crandell, of Leavenworth, Kansas, for an irnprovement in Curtains for Bel-tbs, an error appears in the printed specification requix ing correction as follows: Page 1, line 53, the abbreviation and numeral Fig 1 should read Fig. 2,' and that the proper corrections have been made in the tiles and records of the Patent Oice, and are hereby made in said Letters Patent.

Signed and sealed this 15th day of November, A. D., 1910.

E. B. MOORE,

ommssrbner of Patents.

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